Balanced burnishing wheel for distributing burnishing materials on boots and shoes



July 8, 1952 v. coLANGELo 2,602,174

BALNCED BURNISHING WHEEL FOR DISTRIBUTING BURNISHING ERIALS ON BO AND SHOES Filed July 1950 MAT nventor WO Cokmgela,

Gttorneg Patented July 8, 1952 l 2,602,174 y l fBAnANeED BURNISHINGWELQQR.',: 'rmBUTINQv-BURNISHING. MATERIALS oN Boers-AND sHoEs y "vite cfs'iifgiaNorm cliislN.' Y. Amiliatinmly 17, 1950, ser'iaid i'iifs 1 Y K My 'iinvention relates to'imrfgrovements in' burnishing wheels for `use in connection with the manufacture and repair of boots and shoes.

YNcfitwithstanding thewlong., recognized. desirability of p'ro'v'idingua bifnishing Wheel Witha long Wearing, somewhat resilient and uninterrupted A'bi'ir'nishing surfaceit has beenvthe usual practice to provide thefperiphery of the Wheel with a band of resilient material, such as felt, andA to Wrap a sheet of leather or fabric, of greater length than the outer circumference of the felt and greater Width than the vWidthuof the Wheel, about the Wheel 'so thatits ends overlap and its extended sides'naf be v`su`11recl tothe Sides of thje wheel. v Y u c The 'cost and diicilty'bi forming and securing a piece of leather f suiiicient thickness/'to wear Well` 'an'd the 'obje'cti'ohablel ffset at itsl overlappingfend has milit'ated against the use of such afleather covering -fer bunishing wheels. Y At the present time itis the almost universal practice to use a fabric covering, Suchas canvas, and to secure the `cc` `vering ytothe Wheel in the above 'described nan'nr..l l 1 An objection tov fabric coverings :and the Iir'etlrld of securing Vthem 'to'a Wheel Vis that, due toftle'siirfaceseed of the livheel being' vabout 1200 feet Yper minute and'A 'thebffset at the overlapped end of the fabric, the vheel vibrates rapidly in use 'and 'causes fmiridingeiect 'Which greatly 'shortens v'the useable Hlife Vof the fabric anfda'pnrecably increases the time requiredwto obtain thedesird'qiiiy je@ bufnishing. Y

In a buii'ishiig"'oierationa hard Wax is apl'nlie'tl to "the fabric burrushing surface of the Wheel and thenhthe. bootor slipe is held firmly againstthe Ivvagied surface untirtheheat gen'- e'rate'l 'by friction vcauses the Wax to soften `and Ir'i'e'l't,v whereupon the vvaig is -transferredto the boot 'fer Vshoe and, rby suitable movements, certain ofifts suriac'esmay be waxed and burnished. Othenobjections to fabric covered wheels are thatv the'fabric absorbs some of the melted wax, thus requiring the use of more Wax than neces- Sary for each burnivshg, gpelftolland that the heat generated the'rvvheel during the burnishing operation togethervvith fthe action or the absorbed Wax causes deteriorationof the fabric which after relatively`short'"ineribs'f use must be replaced. v

, vThe object o fmmy invention is to overcome the objctins to prior burnishingmwheels byprovidi'ngaleurriY ning wheel Which-by reasongof itsconstruction makes it possible to use a thick, tough, long Wearing burnishing material having ia'ims (CL-12:39.15)

arrangement of the cemented joints between the 'periphery of the yhub has its end portions v'I3/and I4 beveled or skived so that when it is stretched by being tightly Wrapped around and cemented to the periphery of the hub its sides are substantially nush with the sides of the hub and the overlapping skived end portion I4 coincides with the overlapped skived end portion I3, and when the portions I3 and I4 are cemented together the hub is provided with a resilient band I2' the periphery of which is concentric with the axis of the hub.

A strip of thick, tough and flexible leather I5, preferably Buckskin, having a width slightly greater than the width of the wheel and having a length approximately one-fourth (1/4) greater than the periphery of the hub, has its end portions I6 and I1 beveled or skived so that when it is stretched by being tightly drawn around and cemented to the periphery of the felt band, its sides are substantially flush with the sides of the felt and the overlapping skived end portion I1 coincides with the overlapped skived end portion I 6, and when the portions I6 and I1 are cemented together the wheel I is completely formed. The wheel I0 is thus provided with a resiliently mounted thick, tough and flexible Buckskin band I' the outer surface of which is concentric with the axis of the wheel. The bands and their joints are preferably secured together by a flexibly setting cement so that notwithstanding the joints the resilience of the wheel issubstantially uniform.

The strip I5 is secured to the felt I2 with its smoothly nished dense surface outermost, thereby providing the band I5 with a, smooth burnishing surface which does not absorb appreciable amounts of the burnishing wax applied thereto, which facilitates distributing the ink or wax to a boot or shoe during a burnishing operation and which resists wear. The periphery of the hub 5 may be transversely straight, but is preferably crowned transversely and the bands I2 and I5 are likewise crowned so that the crowned burnishing surface may be used to quickly and effectively wax and burnish concave as well as plane surfaces.

As viewed in Figure 2 the wheel IIJ rotates counterclockwise (as indicated by the arrow). rIhe strip I2 is wrapped clockwise around the hub 5 to form the resilient band I2', and the strip I5 is also wrapped clockwise around the band I2' to form the band I5. Since, as pointed out above, the strips I2 and I5 are about 1A; longer than the periphery of the hub, their cemented joints I8 and I9 respectively are also equal to about 1A; of the periphery of the hub. The long flexibly cemented joints provide against sudden changes in the resilience of the burnishing wheel and the resultant pounding effect which would tend to loosen the cemented joints and shorten the life of the wheel. By wrapping the strip I5 counter to the rotation of the wheel the joint I9 is arranged so that any tendency of the work to loosen the overlapping end of the joint is overcome. a

In order to balance the slight but appreciable weight of the cement in the inner joint I8 and the outer joint I9 they are arranged diametrically opposite to each other. And to further contribute to the balance of the wheel the strip I2 is skived so that the joint I8, because it is closer to the axis of rotation than the joint I9, is longer and due to the greater amount of cement absorbed by the porous stripat its joint the joint I8 substantially balances the jointy I9. The inherent static and dynamic balance Aof a burnishing wheel so Cil constructed is -such that the wheel may be rotated at a speed suitable for quickly and effectively burnishing boots and shoes. In use the virtual absence of vibration and pounding of my balanced burnishing Wheel together with its thick, tough and resiliently mounted long-Wearing exible covering, which readily distributes the burnishing wax with a minimum of absorption, results in reducing the time and expense of burnishing operations in the manufacture and repair of boots and shoes.

Having now described and illustrated one form of my invention, I vwish it to be understood that my invention is not to be limited to the specific form or arrangement of parts herein described and shown, or specifically covered by my claims:

I claim:

1. A .balanced burnishing wheel for distributing burnishing material on boots and shoes, comprising a hub having a central bore for concentrically` mounting the hub on a rotatable shaft; a resilient band of substantially greater length than the periphery of the hub, said resilient band having its inner surface resiliently cemented upon the periphery of the hub with its side edges substantiallyflush with the side edges of the hub and Vhaving its overlapping ends skived and resiliently cemented together, whereby the entire outer surface of said band is concentric with the periphery -of the hub; and a band of flexible leather of substantially greater length than the periphery of the resilient band, said leather band having a smooth dense outer surface and having its inner surface resiliently cemented upon the outer surface of the resilient band with its side edges substantially flush with the side edges of the resilient band and having its overlapping ends skived and resiliently cemented together, whereby the entire smooth outer surface of the leather band is concentric with the resilient band and the resilience of the wheel is substantially uniform, said skived and cemented joints being arranged diametrically opposite one to the other, and said inner joint being longer and containing more cement than the outer joint, whereby the weight of the overlapping material and the cement of the longer inner joint balances the weight of the overlapping material and the cement of the shorter outer joint.

2. A balanced burnishing wheel as set forth in claim 1 wherein the lengths of the skived and cemented ends of the leather and the resilient bands are equal to approximately 1/4 of their peripheries to provide long cemented joints resisting'separation in use and promoting the uniform resilience of the wheel.

3. A balanced burnishing wheel as set forth in claim 1 wherein the leather band is relatively thick with respect to its width, whereby its thickness together with its smooth dense outer surface resists penetration of burnishing inks and waxes and their absorption by the resilient band.

VITO COLANGELO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file Vof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Wakem r Dec. 2, 1941 

